Gómez Betancur, Martha InésGómez Velásquez , Viviana MaríaCastañeda Machuca, Jorge EliecerHenao Monsalve, Miguel Ángel2025-03-102025-03-102024Velásquez, V. M., Castañeda Machuca, J. E., & Henao Monsalve, M. Á., et al. (2024). How do critical reading strategies foster language acquisition [Trabajo de grado, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó]. Repositorio Institucional.https://repository.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/handle/20.500.14.531/5359This article presents an action research study on reading strategies to foster language acquisition in a public high school institution. This study aims to acknowledge how critical reading can be fostered through reading strategies to foster the language acquisition process in English as a foreign language. This qualitative research frames an intervention process based on action research to describe the developing process of critical reading through reading strategies. Data were gathered through pre and post-tests, lesson plans, participant observations, and interviews. The results evidenced that reading strategies allow students to comprehend texts, increase language acquisition, and favor the critical view. In conclusion, in classrooms implementing reading strategies allows students to increase reading comprehension capacity and acquire language skills.14 p.application/pdfenghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/critical readingforeign languagelanguage acquisitionreading strategiesadquisición de lenguaslectura críticaestrategias de lecturalengua extranjerainfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7a1fAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)Lectura críticaEstrategias de lecturaAdquisición del lenguajeLengua extranjeraCritical ReadingReading StrategiesLanguage AcquisitionForeign Languagea